World Cup; the final word

Best Player Canavarro
Best Player you've never heard of before (don't ****ing lie...) Mascherano
Worst Player Imbrahamovic
Most dissappointing Ronaldinho
Proved they were **** Lampard (and Becks too)
Flattered to deceive Riquelme

Best match Italy v Germany (Mexico v Argentina a close 2nd)
Most fun match Portugal v Holland (Australi v Croatia a close 2nd)
Worst match Swiss v France
Most Disaapointing team Holland. Total football died

Best goal Maxi Rodriguez v Mexico
Best celebration grosso's impression of tardelli
3 other random great bits; Deco's tackle on Heitange, Zidane's penalty and watching BBC after En-ger-land were knocked out
3 random ****ty bits Argentinian manger bottling it with the subs, Italy being booed when collecting the trophy, Portugal playing without a striker



Team of the tournament
(4-2-3-1)
Buffon
Zambrotta, Marquez, Canavarro, Lahm
Mascherano, Maniche
Pirlo Zidane Maxi Rodriguez
Klose

Good choices Dodge.
Best Player Canavarro
Best Player you've never heard of before (don't ****ing lie...) Mascherano
Worst Player Saudi keeper
Most dissappointing Ronaldinho
Proved they were **** England
Flattered to deceive Riquelme

Best match Argentina v Serbia
Most fun match Portugal v Holland
Worst match England v Paraguay
Most Disaapointing team Brazil

Best goal Esteban Cambiasso v Serbia
Best celebration Me, feeling so happy to be alive to witness the above goal.
3 other random great bits; Zidane's penalty, getting fatigued from hearing about how great England are (BBC after Trinidad match), The Barca red card victims having a chat.
3 random ****ty bits actually getting fatigued from hearing about how crap England were (RTE), ref blowing whistle in Argentina v Serbia, Fall of Zizou.



Team of the tournament
(4-2-3-1)
Ricardo
Zambrotta, Ayala, Canavarro, Lahm
Mascherano, Cambiasso
Pirlo Zidane Robben
Klose

Best Player Canavarro
Best Player you've never heard of before (don't ****ing lie...) Maxi Rodriguez
Worst Player Lampard
Most dissappointing Ronaldinho, Totti,
Proved they were **** England(mainly Sven's tactics/selection), Brazil
Flattered to deceive Riquelme

Best match Italy v Germany
Most fun match Argentina v S&M- best team display in years
Worst match Argentian v Holland
Most Disapointing team Portugal- unsportsmanship and failed to produce attacking football they are capable of

Best goal Maxi Rodriguez v Mexico
Best celebration grosso's impression of tardelli
3 other random great bits Leonardo, A. Chiles and Ian Wright Wright Wirght doing keepy uppies on BBC, Souness on RTÉ and Trinidad & Tobago running England close
3 random ****ty bits Henry's dive, Zidane sending off/Materazzi comments, De Rossi's elbow v USA



Team of the tournament
(4-2-3-1)
Buffon
Zambrotta, Marquez, Canavarro, Lahm
Mascherano, Pirlo
Zidane Riquelme Maxi Rodriguez
Klose

Best Player Canavarro
Best Player you've never heard of before (don't ****ing lie...) Yaya Toure

Most dissappointing Ronaldinho
Flattered to deceive Emerson

Best match Italy v Germany
Worst match Swiss v Ukraine
Most Disaapointing team England
Best goal Cambiassos v S&M

Team of the tournament
(4-2-3-1)
Buffon
Sagnol Thuram, Canavarro, Lahm
Mascherano, Gattuso
Pirlo Zidane C.Ronaldo
Klose

Best Player: Canavarro
Best Player you've never heard of before (don't ****ing lie...) Maxi Rodriguez
Worst Player Krancjar (Croatia)
Most dissappointing Ronaldinho
Proved they were **** England
Flattered to deceive Ronaldinho

Best match Italy v Germany (Mexico v Argentina a close 2nd)
Most fun match Portugal v Holland (Australia v Croatia a close 2nd)
Worst match Swiss v France
Most Disappointing team Serbia-Montenegro ( brilliant in Qualifying shocking at the final stages)

Best goal Grosso's goal v Germany /Maxi Rodriguez v Mexico joint
Best celebration gGrosso's impression of tardelli
3 other random great bits; Cambiasso's goal at the end of 24 passes by the Argentina team ; Dirty Dutch being reduced to 9 against Portugal;
Brazil going out ....( overrated yet again!)
3 random ****ty bits Argentinian manger bottling it with the subs, Italy being booed when collecting the trophy, Portugal playing without a striker



Team of the tournament
(4-2-2-2)
Buffon
Zambrotta, Materazzi, Canavarro, Grosso
Mascherano, Gattuso,
Pirlo Maxi Rodriguez
Klose , Podolski
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Best Player: Buffon
Best Player you've never heard of before (don't ****ing lie...) Lahm
Worst Player Viduka
Most dissappointing Rooney
Proved they were **** Czechs
Flattered to deceive Spain

Best match Italy v Germany
Most fun match Australia v Croatia
Worst match Portugal V Holland
Most Disappointing team Ireland or Brazil

Best goal Cambiaso
Best celebration Cronaldo after his spotter v England
3 other random great bitsGerman set up, laughing at Poll, each way bet on France that looked screwed that actually came in...
3 random ****ty bits Refs, Blatter, Materazzi



Team of the tournament
(4-4-2)
Buffon
Sagnol, Thuram, Canavarro, Grosso
Viera Gattuso Pirlo Riquelme
Klose, Henry

Not going to follow the post format above as most of my answers are already covered in existing posts.

However, I think a special mention for Essien. He wasn't the best player nor a player I hadn't heard of, but I thought he was absolutely brilliant in the group stages for Ghana, and it could have been a bit different in the last 16 game against Brazil had he played.

I can't say he's done anything to particularly impress me at Chelsea, probably due to limited appearances and a less free role when he does play, but his performances in the WC were a pleasant surprise for me.

Best Player: canavaro
Best Player you've never heard of before (don't ****ing lie...) Lahm
Worst Player whole england squad
Most dissappointing ronaadinho
Proved they were **** Czechs
Flattered to deceive Spain

Best match Italy v Germany
Most fun match Australia v Croatia
Worst match ukraine v switzerland
Most Disappointing team argentina

Best goal Cambiaso
Best celebration
3 other random great bitsthe fans, watching Hiddink push and shove the officials, winning a lot of money on this world cup, thanks to france
3 random ****ty bits Refs, diving, football is pretty tame and ****e these days


my players of the World Cup
L. Magnin (switzerland)
E. Adebayor (togo)
S Ramos and M Senna (spain)
P Lahm, M Klose, T Frings, D odonker (germany)
E tenorio (ecudaor)
J terry and O hargreaves (england)
C edwards and d yorke (t and T)
J R riquelime, e cambiasso, r ayala, c tevez (argentina)
r marquez (mexico)
r van persie and A robben (neth)
m essien (ghana)
a jung hwan (korea)
p nedved (czech)
f cannarvao and zambrotta (italy)
figo and miguel(portugal)
zidane, thuram and sagnol (france)

anyway overall it was a ****e world cup, defenders took the limelight, and african teams played with heart